September 03, 2011, 6:38PM

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for northwestern Plaquemines Parish, including the town of Belle Chasse. At 6:30 p.m., meteorologists detected a squall line from Tropical Storm Lee with multiple embedded rotations capable of producing a tornado about 16 miles south of Pointe a la Hache and 14 miles southwest of Port Sulphur. This storm is... Full story »

September 03, 2011, 6:16PM

St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis released the following message concerning Tropical Storm Lee this evening: "I have just concluded a briefing with the National Weather Service (NWS) regarding Tropical Storm Lee. Based upon their report, with the storm moving slowly on-shore tonight in south central Louisiana, we expect the following in St. Tammany Parish: Flooding in low lying... Full story »

September 03, 2011, 4:22PM

During his daily 2:30 p.m. press briefing about Tropical Storm Lee, New Orleans Mayor Mitch noted that the sun had been shining through the windows of City Hall 30 minutes earlier. "But it's not now," he said. And that sort of unpredictability seemed to define this storm, "one of the stranger ones we've had," he said. While the city... Full story »

September 03, 2011, 4:01PM

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for New Orleans and Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes until 7 p.m. as new rain squalls from Tropical Storm Lee began moving over the area this afternoon. At 3:53 p.m., meteorologists detected a heavy rain squall pruducing 1 to 2 inches of rain per hour moving over the New Orleans area.... Full story »

September 03, 2011, 3:46PM

In the Barataria community, Victor Bourgeois was among the first volunteers to answer Jean Lafitte Mayor Tim Kerner's call for help. In a growing number of leaks plaguing town and Jefferson Parish officials in the vulnerable fishing communities on Saturday, the Pailet Canal, a slender waterway tying Bayou Barataria to the Intracostal Waterway and Bayou Perot beyond, was topping... Full story »

September 03, 2011, 2:00PM

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for extreme northeastern St. John the Baptist Parish, northeastern Livingston Parish and southern Tangipahoa Parish, including the city of Hammond, until 2:15 p.m. At 1:43 p.m., meteorologists detected a strong rain squall of Tropical Storm Lee capable of producing a tornado 14 miles southeast of Ponchatoula, or 14 miles southwest... Full story »

September 03, 2011, 1:46PM

As the sun started to peek out from behind rain clouds around noon, Will Samuels, the owner of restaurants La Dolce Nola and Pizza Nola, posted to Twitter: "We hope you've enjoyed our Tropical Storm. We now resume our regularly scheduled fretting," Samuels wrote. By midday, thanks to dry air that broke apart Tropical Storm Lee's heavy rain bands,... Full story »

September 03, 2011, 1:43PM

New Orleans police are reporting the following streets and areas as having high water or being impassible because of flooding associated with Tropical Storm Lee: Trees are reported down in Algiers in the 200 block Alix Street and in the 3600 block of Memorial Park Drive. One electric pole has been reported down at Chartres and St. Ferdinand streets.... Full story »

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